Upwork reviews

3.8

60% would recommend to a friend

(632 total reviews)
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Hayden Brown

57% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Upwork has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 632 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Upwork employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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632 reviews
5.0
Jun 17, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

fantastic team, great culture on the team, strong leader/director level and manager is awesome

Cons

lack of direction from senior/executive leadership results in pivots constantly. hard to keep up and it feels like we're doing the same thing over and over in 2-3 year cycles

3.0
May 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Remote -Flexible -Low Entry Floor -Many Different Positions

Cons

-Pay Relatively low -Internal movement to other positions is difficult - Internal communication is not good -good luck getting an updated rate -little to no other benefits. 40 hours of PTO for a whole year?

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